vice president joe biden canceled today's event in virginia beach. president obama's team is watching and waiting before canceling a monday rally with the president, and that would be with president clinton in virginia. meanwhile, mitt romney's campaign canceled tomorrow's event in virginia beach. the romney campaign will soon decide the status of two other sunday appearances scheduled in virginia. and right now, tropical storm sandy is chugging out of the bahamas. it is heading right toward the u.s. coast. people along the seaboard are preparing for the storm's high winds and the severe storm surge. sandy could strengthen back into a hurricane before making landfall, and weather channel meteorologist julie martin is live in nags head, north carolina for us. julie, good morning. you know, i hate saying that it's been downgraded because i know this thing in all likelihood will come back up to full speed, right? and you're seeing the first effects right now there. >> yeah, alex, it doesn't really matter that much. because, right now, what we're dealing